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Baptist Chapel Symonds Yat Rock Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7NZ

P0518/08/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 18 August 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations and change of use of redundant chapel to create a dwelling. Provision of parking facilities.

Received
14 April 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Christchurch & English Bicknor
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Baptist Chapel Symonds Yat Rock Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7NZ. Forest of Dean has handled 447 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 994 applications in total for the GL16 postcode area.

100% of amendment applications at Forest of Dean District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GL16 7NZ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
English Bicknor

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2008
Consultation expiry
21 May 2008
Consultation start
22 April 2008
Consultation end
13 May 2008
Neighbour consultation start
23 April 2008
Neighbour consultation end
14 May 2008
Last date for comments
21 May 2008
Target decision date
20 August 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hillside Llanishen Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 6QD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 April 2008
Site notice end
21 May 2008

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Wye Valley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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